Psalms 105:34

34 He spoke, and the locusts came, grasshoppers without number;

Psalms 105:34 in Other Translations

34 He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number,

34 He spoke, and the locusts came, young locusts without number,

34 He spoke, and hordes of locusts came— young locusts beyond number.

34 With a word he brought in locusts, millions of locusts, armies of locusts;

34 He spoke and locusts came- young locusts without number.

Psalms 105:34 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 105:34

He spake, and the locusts came
A great army of them, and covered the land, that it was even darkened by them; and were such as had never been seen before, or ever were since; this is the eighth plague, ( Exodus 10:12-14 ) , with these compare the locusts in ( Revelation 9:3 Revelation 9:4 ) .

And caterpillars, and that without number;
of these no mention is made in Exodus; they seem to be one of the kinds of locusts, or a different word is here used for the same, and so Kimchi interprets it; some render it the white locust; it has its name from licking up the herbs and grass of the field; as the other name for the locust seems to be taken from its great abundance and increase.

Psalms 105:34 In-Context

32 He turned their rain into hail, with lightning throughout their land;

33 he struck down their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees of their country.

34 He spoke, and the locusts came, grasshoppers without number;

35 they ate up every green thing in their land, ate up the produce of their soil.

36 Then he struck down all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their manhood.

Cross References

• 1. Psalms 107:25
• 2. S Ex 10:4,12-15
• 3. S 1 Kings 8:37
• 4. Joel 1:6